Malacca & KL Trip - Part 1

Getting more and more grouchy recently... due to my sickness, my work, recent online ban from my co, think i should stop writing any more negative stuffs in my own blog...

Was thinking to recap my Malacca & KL trip since im going to Malacca this saturday again keke... These are photos were took during the CNY, trying to have the festive mood back again keke

   

   

   

   

   

Everything seems so wrong

Sorry guys.. haven't been blog for one whole week... have been sick for one whole wk again... still the 4 sickness, flu, fever, cough and sore throat... After one wk of rest, I'm almost recovered... i guess flu takes a longer time to recovered. My new coll still called me and ask me if i have dengue fever.. choy... of course not...

The sick viruses are circulating in my office room... have asked for air purifier for our room.. hopefully, can get it by next week...

Today the moment i stepped into my room, the first mail that is saw was "All Instant messaging softwares are not allow"

"Please note that all instant messaging software, eg : Skype, MSN, Gtalk, YAHOO Messenger and etc...., are not allowed. This is a decision made at Management level and has asked MIS to broadcast to employees..." This means i'm being isolated from "outside world".... Sad sad....

Then my manager asked me what is the status of the brochure. I purposely gave her the "blur" look cause she knows very well that i'm sick since last week. How would i know the actual status? Anyway, I quickly called the vendor and asked them when can they send the brochure. They told me send by 11am. But till 12 noon, I haven't even received the brochure yet. Called them again to chase.. Finally 12.30pm the brochures arrived.

But there is a mistake. My manager looked at me as if it was my fault. This brochure has been ciculating to everyone but no one spots this mistake until it is printed. So now I have become the scapegoat. Anyway, my manager doesn't want to spend extra money to reprint.. So I told her have to print inhouse with the printer.

This lousy printer is not working properly, I rushed up to level 6 to borrow other dept's printer. Spend my time to calibrate the color until it is similar to my brochure background color. After printing 300 sets of labels, i worked like a factory worker, stick the labels one by one. Luckily, two of my colleagues offered to help me to paste the labels. if not, i would have been a worker until tomorrow...

Everything seems so wrong, nothing seems right....

Be a useful person

"Be a useful person." Quoted by my shifu one day.

I heard these words of wisdom from my teacher when I was in P1. I seem to forget about this.

It's easy to understand, yet profound. What is the defination of being a useful person?

What great achievements that i have made in the past 29 years? There's none loh. Nothing that will do myself or my family proud.

But it doesn't matter because I am grateful that I had not been picking up smoking, nor taking any drugs. I had to been straying around at nites and I had not been sleeping around.

I'm have great friends around with me to help me and guide me along the way. I'm grateful that my family give me their support despite they dont feel comfortable with my decision.

Useful or not? I guess its what you set your own expectations for yourself to excel. Just like what is the purpose in life and what is the existance for us to live in this world? Only ourselves will able to answer this question.

A ruthless person

Another person threw letter. It's the 4th person who threw the letter within one month. Every this time of the month, you will see people throwing letters in that Dept.

She is mean.
She has no friends.
She likes to manipulate her people.
She likes to hire people who are introvet.
She bans her own people communicating with others.
She makes mistakes but she is smart enough to cover up.
She is unfriendly to colleagues who are lower ranking than her.
She is ruthless when she wants her people to leave.

It's a norm for people in her dept to leave every month. Some of them are quite "tough" but none of them stayed more than a year. Everyone dislike her but there is nothing they can do. She will come out with reasons that why there is a need to change people in her dept.

She reminds me of my Vice President in my previous co. He possessed the same kind of character. Strangely, these people never failed to leave the co, despite of their ugly sides. Either the top management seems able to "tolerate" them or choose not to see their ugly side.

I just can't help but to pity these people. They may be "successful" in their own ways but they can never be happy. They may seems to "own the whole world" but their soul is empty. They are just too pathetic...

Where is my heart?

Was quite upset with myself recently... I could not feel for most of my own photos... I just feel that the photos that i took is just for the sake of taking... Friends do feel for my photos but I just don't know, what am I taking and why did I take these photos... I felt that I was "copying" others... Where is the link??? I just couldn't see...

A good photo needs to tell a story... I know I still have passion in photography... I still have the urge to take photos... But I no longer could feel for my surrounding...

Where has my Heart gone to? Searching for my Heart... Zzz....

3D Street Art

Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium.

Beever gives to his drawing an anamorphose, his images are drawn completly deformed which give a 3D image when viewing on the right angle.

Below are some of his brilliant works! Not to be missed :)
A very creative artist!

Guess who is real?


What a huge box of crayons!


Gold Digger


Spray you to death!


Show Time


I need a drink...


Bon Vogage


Cats fight

Rubberband Buddy

Last weekend, I was super pissed off with a good buddy of mine again. She has a bad habit of lateness. We are supposed to meetup to celebrate her birthday. I plan to meet her at Suntec 7pm then we go and have our night dinner and even thinking of a nice surprise for her...

We exchanged a few smses:
From her: At 5.30pm, "It's raining heavily, let's meet at 7.30pm."
From me: At 7pm, "I will be late for 5mins."
She replied: "It's okay, take your time, why not we meet at 8pm?"
From me: "Alright then."

As I was looking at the clothes when a salesgirl just me if i had taken my dinner already. Then i realised that only its 8.20pm already and this rubberband buddy hasn't turn up yet.

So I asked her where she is.
She replied she is still at Toa Payoh and rushing down to suntec. She even suggested that we meet at AMK Hub and wanted to meet me at AMK Hub and she waited for me there.

This time round, i was really pissed.

I simply replied: "I'm here already. Why cant you plan your schedule properly? Let's meet another day!"

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The meeting time was supposed to be 7pm. I have finished my shopping, I waited for her from 7.35pm to 8.20pm. I think I have waited long enough. I'm angry not about how much time, i need to wait. I'm angry about how insignificant this birthday dinner meant to her. It's about turning up on time for a friend. It is so simple task and yet she couldn't do it.

Friends told me that she is like that, just let her be. I felt that this should not be the way.

She is a busy person and there are alot of things she need to handle everyday. But that should not be a good excuse to be late. If she thinks this dinner is not worth of her time, then she is wasting my time as well.

She promised me that she will change. I took her promise seriously. Yes i know changes takes time. If I can change for the better, I'm sure she can do it as well. I had already told her that if she ever late for another 15 mins for the next gathering, I will just walked off...

How to Revitalise Your Dreams

"Dare to Dream" is a phrase I love, it reinvigorates us, it has hope, it gets us thinking about what we want from our life. What I hate is that we USED to do that - when we were young we dreamed about being a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher or even a superstar then we start working, somehow we lost our ability to work towards our dreams, so here are some of ideas of how to learn how to dream again...

1) Take 10 minutes each day to dream, to think about what is important to you...

2) Speak to children and let your mind wander with them to inspire your thoughts, learn how to think like a child again...

3) Read a book on a topic that is not your specialized subject - let your imagination wander of how you could incorporate the ideas...

4) Go for a walk, look at nature, see the beauty and think about if you could do anything you wanted to do - what it would be....

5) Write an 8 word legacy of how you want to be remembered...

6) Encourage others to dream - speaking in a positive away will inspire them and inspire you...

7) Write down 3 things that you want to achieve and use it as a screen saver on your PC...

8) Try something new, be it a hobby, a holiday, a new learning just something that you have always wanted to do but haven't found time for..go on just try it.

9) Start using the sentence "What would it be like if..." then take action to achieve it...

10) Read De Bono book 6 hats of creative thinking....

Dreaming is important, we all love to have something to dream about......and it is only others that have taken it away from us. We have the power to dream, we can take that power back.

Drinking Parties

Haven't been blogging for few days, due to some errors in blogger...

Last weekend has quite a "drinking" weekend... Went clubbing with my new colleagues on friday... We went to St James... then most happening clubbing in town. We wanted to go dragonfly but it was too crowded so we decided to go powerhouse.

It's been two years since i went clubbing... memories flash back.. remembered the days cheong with my ex-colleagues and friends... Sometimes it's good to let down your hair once awhile... Had a fun nite with my new colleagues... they are indeed great party animals... Yah and they tried very hard to make me drunk... I like to feel "high", not to feel drunk! Luckily, im still quite sobber... Heng ah...

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Sunday is Monthers' Day. As usual, we do not like to mix with the crowd in the restuarant. My sis wipped up a few dishes, while i go and collect a bouquet of flowers. My mum is surprised that we bought her flowers. We really make her day.

My sis bought Irish cream for the occasion... It's nice, so drank a lot... but its okay... once awhile :) Felt so sleepy after drinking... Zzz....

Sicko people around

Spot Check
Can you imagine everyday you are like going back to school even though you have left school for donkey years ago?

Everyone of us were being spot check by the security guard. Just to check if anyone were carrying camera phone... He just go around everyone's handphone. When is the last time i got check by someone? I couldn't even remember it myself. Hello, I'm just a employee here... not a ex-convict or a jailbird. Why do I have to check by these people every now and then.

What have I done to deserve this?

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Being an observer
Can you imagine when you are being asked to help out in another team, end up people just treating like an guinea pig?

My colleague was supposed to help out in another team due to lack of manpower. Guess what? When he was there, he was asked to be an observer. Being an observer meaning just sit there and watch other people how to do their work.

Ridiculous rite? Being paid to do nothing. The team just don't have time to teach him...Okay fine. He just be an observer for that 8 hours. When its about knock off time, at 6. He couldn't go back. He was forced to stay back until 3am with them because this team haven't finish their work yet.

First, he was asked to help
Second, he was not allowed to hands-on
Third, he was not allowed to go home

What kind of rational behind it?

He called his boss to complain. His boss talked to the team leader. This idiotic team leader just replied, "Ohh we just want to see how fast can he pick up by just looking."

You mean by just looking, you can learn everything... If possible, this guy must be an genius then! If he's genius, he won't be in this company!

What has he done to deserve this treatment?

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What's wrong with these people in my company. Are they sicko or something?

200 Pound Beauty

Most of my friends and colleagues have watched 200 Pound Beauty... Everyone tells me it's nice... had a "hard time" finding someone who haven't watch this show. Anyway, it is as good as my friends claimed to be... hilarious and heartwarming... Basically, it's a ladies show... For those who haven't watch, must go and watch :)

Synopsis
Hanna is a lip sync vocalist for Ammy, the famous Korean pop singer. Even though Hanna is always ignored due to her appearance, she has always been a bright and happy girl until Ammy humiliated her in front of Sang-jun, the one she secretly admired.

Finally, she made a life-changing decision: to have a major cosmetic surgery... Will this move, will her unrequited love get any return?

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Some bad news heard these few days...
Tes told me she injured herself while cycling
Shi Hui told me he injured his ankle while playing basketball
Wan Ting told me her mum need to go for her operation due to some infection

Life is so unpredictable... Just hope that they will get well soon...

Heliconias Vs Strelitzia reginae

Few weeks back, Usu told me the the photo i had is "fake" bird of paradise. The one i took is called "Heliconias" and the "real" ones is "Strelitzia reginae". Whether fake or real i think they are equally beautiful, they simply stand out by itself :)

Original Bird of paradise


"Fake" Bird of paradise

Heliconias are tends to be plain while Strelitzia reginae are more vibrant in their colours.

More readings on HELICONIAS
Heliconia are known for their beautiful, brilliant colorful flowering bracts.

Breathtaking and unusual flowerheads (bracts) rise from clumps of banana like leaves, sometimes very large or slender.

Their height may on some species vary from as small as 2" to 25" depending on variety. Heliconia are actually highly modified leaves and bracts, their colorful bracts may be erect, pendulous or spiraling with bracts in the shapes of bird's beaks, lobster claws or fan shaped.

They are in colors of reds, pinks, golds, oranges and splashes of a mixture of colors. The IRg Reat durability makes them unique for export urpose satisfying the needs of our customers far away from the place of origin.

The Crop is located in the Central Andes among the beautiful coffee crops with volcanic soils and perfect temperatures for their grow."

Yoga Class

My buddy invited me to his yoga class. This is the first time attended yoga. There are different types of yoga but basically it helps you to learn how to control your breathing and makes you relax your mind, body and soul :)

Met my buddy's teacher for the first time. She was so bubbly and friendly. She hugged me when she saw me. I was pretty taken aback because never been hugged by a stranger before! Nevertheless i could feel her positive energy within her.

This lesson is not taught by her but another yoga instructor. We did breathing techniques and basic stretching and humming as well! Simple exercise but yet she could makes it so fun and interesting that you won't feel bored at all. I always think that yoga is a boring activity but she proved me wrong.

I liked the dancing part, it is free play of moving of your own body. It makes my body goes light and relax. Had stopped dancing for awhile le.. really makes me considering of going back dancing again... :)

Had a great time there, despite it is a 3 hours exercise :)

Fisherman Village

Wanted to go for a drink, so jio tes. Since it's quite near to tampines, we went to fisherman village after our advanced photography class. When we reached there it's quite early, but we are hungry... The feeling is different compared to two years back when me and tes went...

After we had our dinner, we saw this beautiful sunset and "organised" clouds. We just cant helped but to take out our camera to shoot. I thought of taking paranomic view keke... Trying to apply what i was taught in the class :p

Drinking with buddy with such a scenic view... so beautiful :)

Newton to Orchard

Met my buddy for dinner. We went to newton cirus to eat stingyray. The food not too bad, I actually wanted to take the photos of the food one but I forgot to bring my camera... Sadzzz...

It is a hearty meal but buddy says we need to digest our food. Therefore, we walked the way from newton cirus to orchard. As we walked along circle cairnhill road, we found there is a potential shooting place... There are quite a few old houses around there. But too bad no camera with me! Double Sadzzz...

Anyway, I'm going back to that place for photoshooting one of these days :P

Maple kakis outing

Went to watch spiderman 3 with my maple kakis. It wasn't really up to my expectation. The storyplot is a bit lame. What I felt was, the whole movie was just throwing all the visual effects and silly jokes. Didn't really like it, i still prefers the 1st spiderman movie. It is more real and heartfelt.

Anyway, before that we went to eat Sakae Sushi. Suppose to eat at city link but usu parked his car at Suntec. 4 of us had to change the place because of him. It is a gathering as well as celebrating Tes birthday as well...

We chat about the old days of maple... Remembering last year's tes birthday bash at the dungeon... and silly maple screenshots that we took. Those were the fun days of maple... Despite some of us have stopped maple le, but our friendship did not stop there. We still keep in good contacts :)

It's a nice outing with maple kakis!

Beery Birthday

"Shall we go fisherman village?"
"Shall we go town area?"
"Shall we go.... hmmm..."

"Okay we shall go town then..."

It's once a year birthday bash again... Always have to plan the place we want to celebrate. Don't know since when, it's always two of us celebrating for my buddy's birthday...

Received Fel sms: I'm with Tes right now. We will be going to Outback at Millinia Walk. Could you go and get the cake? We are watching movie now. Please do not call us.

What an unfriendly sms but i just find this sms so serious... I was super busy and had to work OT... Rush down to buy chocolate truffle and meet them at millinia walk. Quite a cosy and nice australian restaurant. They are famous for steaks.

Suppose to be a surprise for tes, end up she saw the cake and the singing birthday party loh. It wasn't a surprise for her after all. Okay now i know i can't do secretive mission. Nevertheless, 3 silly gals had lots of silly photo shots again and drank quite a fair amount of beer.. None of us got drank keke...

Yah, it is a berry birthday for her :) Hope she enjoyed her birthday cos i enjoyed myself.

Penang, here we come!!!

Yeah!!! Back from my 4 Days of Penang trip... Before I went for my trip, I was so looking forward for my Penang trip. When im there, I wished to come back :p It was a great trip. Enjoyed myself there...

Always long to go to Penang, finally had the chance to go there. We took 9 hours of bus coach. Didn't slept well in the coach, my whole body ached. After I washed up, I felt so energised again. We stayed at Paradise Sandy Bay, it's nice hotel with beach by the side :) Although the hotel service is a bit slow but they are quite friendly people. Wanted to swim at the beach but there was a sign saying that jelly fishes lurking around. So sadz...

During our first day, we wanted to walk the heritage trail so we took their public transport to Georgetown. The ride only cost us RM$1.50. We are quite unlucky in the sense that it rains and the bus is moving slow....ly and it leaks!!! Instead of feeling grouchy, me and tes are busy taking photos and the passengers must be thinking that we are mad!

Although we had the map, we just couldn't find the trail. But we found the famous and original Chengdol and Assam Lasak at P. Penang. They indeed deserved their name. The lasak has the "dong dong" feeling and the soup tasted delicious keke :)

When we reached Penang, there is a friendly cab uncle wanted to bring us around. But his charges are simply too high, RM$250 for a day trip! Luckily we found another cab driver only RM$150. He is quite quiet uncle. But when we start talking to him, he is quite warm and talkative and he is quite humourous... Kept us entertain non stop the whole day... What a fun and tiring day...

During the last day, Tes wanted to buy famous "dou sa bin". We called up and try to ask for order. But the shop owner refused to take the order, wanted us to go there and collect. He told us the shop location; mention 168, at Jalan Burmah and its just 15mins walk. We thought quite near.

God knows... we walked and walked for 20 minutes, still not there yet. I saw no 169. But there's no 168 loh... asked one of the shop owner, she told us.. it’s at the end of the road quite near. Yah Quite NEAR loh.. End up we walked another 10 more mins then reached the place.

Went we reached there, there is a short queue le. I'm not a fan of "dou sa bin" but such a long walk with my heavy haversack on my back, in such a hot weather. I have decided to buy one box!

The "dou sa bin" is not buying off the shelves one.. We need to wait. The shop owner told us need to wait for half hour. But no loh.. We queued for an hour! The people in front of us bought at least 8-10 boxes one loh... One even bought 2 cartons loh.

Finally... finally we managed to get our freshly hot piping "dou sa bin". We never eat "dou sa bin" fresh from the oven before. We decided to walk back, take photo and eat in front of the shop haha... yah indeed it is nice and delicious haha. All wait is worth it :)

It's a nice trip! Great hotel, Great beaches and Great food! What more can I asked? I want to go back to Penang again keke...

PS: We took sunrise at the beach and I saw my rainbow again!!! It lasted for half an hour :)